Obama has done a pretty good job of suckering progressives into a temporary period of support. His mumbo jumbo is more sophisticated than Bush's gibberish but his deeds are at least as reactionary as those of Bush and possibly will turn out to be much worse.
Obama has pandered to the cause of justice in Palestine. Yet his State Department is orchestrating the siege of Gaza in Egypt! As I write, citizens of the world are being beaten down in the streets of Cairo by Mubarak, the shield of Israel, and Viceroy of Anglo-American intrigue. Why does Mubarak beat those seeking to break the siege of Gaza?, Why does he beat down his countrymen? To rule on behalf of the United States, Great Britain and international capitalist interests, to keep his
reactionary military regime in power and to work with Netanyahu on a "final solution" to the problem of the Palestinians in Gaza.
His military dictatorship is a largely unexamined aspect of tyranny in the Middle East. Obama is his boss.
Of course Obama can't contain his eloquence when it comes to demanding democracy in Iran. Yet, like his supposed interest in the liberation of women, this is just a deception a tool of the empire. If he cared about democracy he wouldn't be supporting dictatorships in Afghanistan, Honduras, Egypt and Saudi. Why doesn't he cry out for democacy in those lands? It is just a sly manuever and his silly smile sort of reminds me of Bush's silly smile. Both Presidents smile as if they sort of know they are just stuffed suits reading what is in front of them. The only difference is that Bush was at the back of the class and Obama was at the front.
As for Michele Obama she has no independence, no autonomy and is just watching after her man. I guess it is good if you can get it but she is no Eleanor Roosevelt. She is pretty much in the baking cookies mode as far as I can tell. At least Mubarak's wife got a few folks into Gaza. Michelle is thus far, useless to progressive causes of any kind.
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